Les États-Unis Biographical Dictionary et le Musée du portrait de personnalités éminentes et self-made men ; volume du Wisconsin . à l'Académie Lowville. À theclose de l'école, il est entré au service d'un commerçant,et passé deux ans comme commis et vendeur. Thenbeing vingt-trois ans, d'un physicalbuild légère, avec un capital-argent difficilement fixé à son nec-saires de déplacement, il a commencé en vue de l'ouest, au fond du lac, où il est arrivé à l'été 1848. L'endroit était alors un petit village, hardlyknown sur la carte, mais suchcitizens rapidement à destination, avec comme jeune Galloway à développer ses res

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The United States biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men; Wisconsin volume . at the Lowville Academy. At theclose of school he entered the employ of a merchant, and passed two years as a clerk and salesman. Thenbeing twenty-three years of age, of a slight physicalbuild, with a money capital hardly equaling his nec-essary traveling expenses, he started westward, andlocated at Fond du Lac, arriving there in the summer of 1848. The place was then a small village, hardlyknown on the map, but speedily destined, with suchcitizens as young Galloway to develop its resources, to spring forth as a champion, in growth and pros-perity, for the leadership of the State. Starting in as an operator in real estate, he touchedmerchandise incidentally for a short time only, andthen took up lumbering, in its various and extendedforms. His real-estate and lumbering operations hefollowed closely and successfully until the year 1866, when by reason of his imperfect health, which for-bade the constant day and night strain necessary incarrying on a business then widely extended, and em-. .^2^^^^e^ty, THE tmiTED STATES n/OGPAP/f/CA/. DICTIOXAnV bracing various enterprises of magnitude, he begangradually to withdraw from affairs requiring activeemployment, and arranged and reduced his invest-ments more in keeping with the capacity of his phys-ical strength. For the jjaslr ten years he has been ajirincipal stockholder and manager of the SavingsBank of Fonddu Lac, and is now the vice-presidentof that institution. j Although for years ranking as one of the most Iactive and successful business men of the State, he jhas ever been, and is to-day, devotedly attached to |his home and his friends. His domestic nature and jgenial temperament are never to be destroyed bythe e.Kcitement and wear of business affairs. He mayalways be found at his office or with his family. Theonl exception to this rule in the past has been, whenfrom a sense of duty he has accepted, now and

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